For nearly two years, the full-scale Russian invasion and war in Ukraine has been raging and seems to continue throughout the winter with new plans of winning territories back or gaining new territories. According to UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency, nearly 3.7 million people in Ukraine are internally displaced in January 2024. 6.3 million refugees from Ukraine were recorded in the world in January 2024.
Missile attacks, rockets from artillery and fights in the trenches are part of daily life at the frontline, also drones hitting military targets. But the Ukrainian people experience being hit from Russian missiles, in larger cities such as Kharkiv and the capital Kyiv. Therefore, the whole country is on constant alert.
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Ukrainian firefighters and paramedics are transferring a civilian man alive out of the destroyed rubble at residential buildings in Kharkiv East part of Ukraine which was hit by a Russian missile 23 January 2024 During the evening the firefighters found the man s wife and child dead inside their former home 11 civilian people died in Kharkiv approximately 75 people were injured and several residential buildings were destroyed The capital Kyiv in Ukraine was also hit by Russian missile attacks br br Kharkiv is located approximately 40 kilometers from Russia The full-scale Russian invasion and war in Ukraine started in February 2022
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Residential buildings in Kharkiv East part of Ukraine have been hit by large missiles sent from Russia Firefighters are extinguishing the fire and cleaning up They are looking for survivors in the rubble 23 January 2024
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A man is looking at a crater from a Russian missile attacking the city of Kharkiv in the East part of Ukraine 23 January 2024 It destroyed several surrounding buildings
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Volodymyr 59 is sitting next to a doctor from M decins Sans Fronti res MSF and receiving treatment because his blood pressure is high it needs to be measured He receives medicine One of his fingers is frozen br br In Yampil around 350 people live During the Russian occupation of the area around 800 people lived in the village When standing in Yampil the sound of artillery is very present Yampil is 10 kilometers from the frontline in the war between Ukrainian forces and Russian forces br br The building where M decins Sans Fronti res MSF are during their care there is no electricity No mobile signal Here people of Yampil receive humanitarian aid br br People in Yampil are often depressed by the war between Ukraine and Russia According to Valeria medical activities manager at M decins Sans Fronti res MSF the elderly people in Yampil start very quickly to cry if a conversation is about experienced traumas
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Residential buildings in Kharkiv East part of Ukraine have been hit by large missiles sent from Russia Firefighters are extinguishing the fire and cleaning up They are looking for survivors in the rubble together with paramedics
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A large residential building has been hit and attacked by a missile in Kharkiv East part of Ukraine by a missile by the Russian military Two persons center and right are looking around for a way up in the apartments Another is carrying a large bag and one from the Ukrainian military is searching the area for e g shrapnel from the missile br br 11 civilian people died in Kharkiv approximately 75 people were injured and several residential buildings were destroyed The capital Kyiv in Ukraine was also hit by Russian missile attacks
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Soldiers of 18th Sloviansk Brigade of National Guard of Ukraine are practicing going on top of their tank and down from it while press officers from Soldiers of 18th Sloviansk Brigade of National Guard of Ukraine are filming them Photographing and making videos and even interviews with soldiers of Ukraine is very important and plays a vital role in the spirit of the Ukrainian people of gaining access to knowledge of the condition and wellbeing of the soldiers fighting on the frontline for Ukrainian forces against Russian forces br br On this distance Ukraine and Russia are fighting each other with drone attacks artillery and missiles Close to the area of Lyman the Donetsk Region East part of Ukraine
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Smoke from around a residential building which was hit by a Russian missile Kharkiv East part of Ukraine 23 January 2024 br br Firefighters are extinguishing the fire and cleaning up They are looking for survivors in the rubble together with paramedics
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Lubov from Ukraine is receiving medicine and having a conversation with a doctor from M decins Sans Fronti res MSF in a clinic in Lyman East part of Ukraine Lubov s blood pressure is high Many elderly people have a high blood pressure because of stress from the war Since the full-scale Russian invasion and war started in February 2022 between Russia and Ukraine many young people have left the area and it is almost only the elderly Ukrainian people who remain They don t want to leave their homes because they have lived there their whole life br br Lyman is located approximately 13 kilometers from the frontline in the war between Ukraine and Russia The sounds of the artillery and bombs are present Lyman was earlier occupied by the Russian military during the full-scale Russian invasion and war but it was reclaimed by Ukrainian forces
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A young soldier is being portrayed close to the frontline between Ukrainian forces and Russian forces January 2024 br br In August 2023 The New York Times published an article that estimated that around 70 000 Ukrainian forces have died in the war with Russia and 100 000-120 000 forces are wounded It also says that 120 000 Russian forces have died and 170 000-180 000 are wounded br br On this distance Ukraine and Russia are fighting each other with drone attacks artillery and missiles Close to the area of Lyman the Donetsk Region East part of Ukraine
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Vasyl 67 looks into the camera while standing in the hallway of his home In Dibrova East part of Ukraine Vasyl 67 lives with his wife There are 70 people left in the village of Dibrova Elderly people have stayed and the young have left it Fragments from artillery or missiles have hit the house of Vasyl and left it with some marks among them two holes He has been lucky that his house still stands br br M decins Sans Fronti res MSF do treatments in Vasyl s 67 house for the people of Dibrova East part of Ukraine
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A woman walks through the smoke where residential buildings have been attacked early in the morning from the Russian military by a missile 23 January 2024 Kharkiv East part of Ukraine